Invention

List facts here that describe your invention, tell what it does, what problem it solves and include any other important details

The cotton gin is simple, it is a rectangle shape .wb 4
There is a crank on the outside that rotates a wheel inside the box.21
The wheel has wired hooks that grab the cotton fibers and pull the cotton away from the sticky green seeds. 21
It goes through a gate and comes out the other end without sticky green seeds. 21
gin stands for engine book 21
a cotton gin is a machine that separates the seeds from the cotton fibers w b vol 4
there were some problems at first because the cotton gin was not being made fast enough wb vol 4
Whitney claimed a new gin could clean more cotton than 50 men 21
It removes seeds from cotton fiber wb4
rotating brush Whitney called cleaver 21
took idea to invent gin from a roller gin- it looked liked a right angle with a crank 21
invented gin in 1793 21
had a patent in1794 wb4
could not make enough gins to keep the demand of them wb4

Inventor

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eli whitney.21
almost died of diseases. 21
1797- alone and in debt. 21
when a boy was a great machanic.21
born in Westborough, Massachussets.21
1783- went to a college edu. 21
Eli went to Yale and continued to be inspired by science equipment and inventions 21
born Dec. 8, 1705- lived 60 years and died 1825 21
born on a farm and grew up there. 21
liked tinkering and made a violin at age 12 wb 4
went to Savannah, Georgia to teach- someone took his job wb4
lived with Catherine Greene as a guest-helped to fix things in her home wb 4
She had friends to her home and they talked about how much trouble they were having taking seeds out of cotton wb4
he made a machine to clean cotton wb4

made cotton profitable to grow. w b vol 4
it made cleaning cotton faster and easier. wb vol 4
after the cotton gin, cotton became the domonant crop. wb vol 4
for slaves after the rev war. wb vol 4
could grow more cotton and have bigger farms called plantations and slave trade would increase 21
sell more cotton 21
inventing the cotton gin caused more cotton to be grown and larger farms, more money for the planters, and slave trade increased 21
one of the causes of the Civil War 21
could sell more cotton- more money for the plantations 21